Weekly Motivation 3: Stress

Despite common beliefs, stress can be a BIG influence on metabolism. It freezes your body. Now, who doesn’t have stress in your life? Nobody, right? THE GOOD NEWS: Stress can be changed and influenced. We have to be aware of it and make small changes to reduce it. Here is a quick, small way to reduce the effects of stress on your body.

Force your body into a state of calm.

Your body already has a built-in stress reliever, it’s just a matter of tapping into it.

“Focus on your breathing, put your feet flat on the floor. Smile even if you don’t feel like smiling,” Humphreys advised. “Tense your muscles then let them go, then tense them again and repeat. Relax your body and a lot of people will find your emotions will follow.*”

No better time than the present to do it..so take a few minutes and do it now. Even if you are not feeling stressed, knowing that you have a way out of it, is huge! Get in the habit of doing this several times a day and when stress hits, you will be ready with a remedy.